RECENT NEWS

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged by a House of Lords select committee to reform funding of social care.

North Yorkshire specialist dementia care provider Vida Healthcare has appointed Gil Chimon manager of its Vida Grange home in Pannal near Harrogate.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched an online platform designed to fast-track recruitment into the adult social care sector.

The UK government needs to take urgent action to encourage post-Covid investment in senior living accommodation, according to law firm Boodle Hatfield.

The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in care homes in England and Wales has risen 14% to 11,644, according to the latest weekly data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Representative body Independent Care Group (ICG) has called for an industry task force to lead an overhaul of the British care system in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Making Space has won the right to provide care at the £11m Harpers Green extra care housing scheme in Warrington in Cheshire.

Almost a third of people are less likely to want to put their relative in a care home due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a poll commissioned by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Policy Exchange thinktanks.​

Care provider HC-One has pledged to award full Covid-19 sick pay to its workers who are self-isolating while waiting for a test.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spoken to care workers from across the UK to thank them for their efforts to look after vulnerable residents during the coronavirus crisis.

The Independent Care Group (ICG) has dubbed reports that the UK government shelved plans to reform social care before the Covid-19 pandemic a “scandal”.

The British Psychological Society (BPS) has published guidance to support care professionals to meet the psychological needs of people with learning and intellectual disabilities, their families and carers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Complex needs care home provider Exemplar Health Care is to open its first facility in north-east England this summer following a £2m investment.

The health and social care select committee has called for evidence on what long-terms reforms are needed to the funding system of social care.

More than a third of care homes in England have suffered an outbreak of Covid-19, according to a report published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Wyld Networks has signed an agreement with Highland Health Ventures (HHV) to test and deploy its mobile mesh technology into care homes in Scotland to help protect residents, staff and visitors and prevent the spread of Covid-19 or other viruses.

The care sector needs 200,000 Covid-19 tests a day to ensure the safety of residents and staff according to the National Care Forum (NCF).

Ageist language has increased over the course of the Covid-19 crisis according to a new poll commissioned by the charity Independent Age.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told Parliament that the government needs a more co-ordinated policy between health and social care as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

An app released by wellbeing company Active Minds is helping carers of those living with dementia to keep minds active during lockdown.